Seek The Hide

Slap the name Titan on any bivvy and it better be good enough to draw upon the decades of hard-won praise associated with the originals of the 1990s. Luckily, Nash’s Titan Hide Pro range is more than worthy of the badge and has already become one of the best collections of shelters available today. Here’s how the Hide has matured into its current guise.

Hide ethos
Unveiled in autumn 2017, the Titan Hide is a limpet-like shelter with steep sides to maximise internal space. It’s bigger brother, the XL, followed a year later with rear vents and a vapour shield, and now we have the much more feature-packed Pro range in both sizes (Standard and XL) and in two colour options (Dark Green and Camo).

Pro venting
One of the additional features on the Pro range is complete air flow from all sides. There are large vents on all four panels (two at the rear and one each side) which allow plenty of air circulation during the summer months.

Better peak
The original Hide and Hide XL had standard peaks over the doorway with horizontal gutters, which could create water pooling in poor weather. The Pros, in both Standard and XL sizes, have solved that issue with a reverse-clip tension bar that creates a pitch in the peak for easy water run off.

Colour choice
The current range of Titan Hide Pro is available in two colour choices: a dark traditional green and that distinctive Nash-exclusive camo. The latter’s Aqua Sense Hydra fabric—another new feature for the Pro line up—is also more waterproof in the camo option, boasting a 10,000mm hydrostatic head over the green’s 5,000mm rating.

Sizes
The Hide Pros are both billed as one-man bivvies, though the XL is obviously more spacious. It measures 205cm deep and 275cm wide at the front, whereas the Standard model is 195cm deep and 240cm wide at the front. The Standard option is 122cm tall, while the XL is 152cm to its highest point. Weight is impressive for both, with the smaller option coming in at just 6.5kg and the XL 8.4kg.